"Are you Hao Shuai?!"
Ever since Hao Shuai had appeared, Pain had kept an expressionless face. But when he heard Hao Shuai's name, the concentric rings of his Rinnegan finally showed a faint ripple.
"You know me?"
Hao Shuai was a little surprised. He'd been keeping such a low profile, yet this pre-Fourth Great Ninja War big boss had still heard of him.
Sigh~~
I always thought that as long as I kept a low profile, no one would recognize me.
But I was wrong. A dashing man like me stands out wherever he goes, like a firefly in the dead of night—so bright, so exceptional.
"I've heard Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakuzu mention you," Pain said calmly.
Hao Shuai: "???"
It wasn't surprising that Kisame Hoshigaki had talked about him. After all, Hao Shuai had just given him and Uchiha Itachi a thorough lesson, nearly beating them to the point where they couldn't take care of themselves. It would've been strange if Kisame hadn't remembered him.
The problem was, Hao Shuai clearly remembered that ever since he'd come to the Naruto world, he'd never crossed paths with Kakuzu or even met him?!
How had Kakuzu mentioned him to Pain?!
Hao Shuai was completely baffled!!
What Hao Shuai didn't know was that Kakuzu had brought him up mostly out of resentment!!
Earlier, when Hao Shuai had wanted to make money, he'd taken several high-reward jobs at the underground bounty exchange.
Kakuzu had already had his eye on several of those jobs.
But just as Kakuzu was about to complete them, Hao Shuai had beaten him to it every time.
Watching all that lovely bounty money slip through his fingers had dealt an enormous blow to Kakuzu, who loved money more than life itself.
And since Hao Shuai stayed holed up in